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In today's VATT Seminar, @mstryjan.bsky.social (@aalto.fi, @helsinkigse.bsky.social) discusses their research

Local Institutions and Leader Incentives: The Political Economy of Rwanda’s Fertility Transition

🕙10:30-11:30 at Economicum. Welcome!

All VATT seminars: vatt.fi/en/vatt-semi...
VATT weekly seminar - VATT Institute for Economic Research
At these seminars, held on Thursdays, VATT’s own researchers and outside speakers present their research findings and projects.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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🔹 Join the first FIRE Education & Training Workshop! 🔹
📅 21 Nov 2025, 12:00–15:45
📍 Univ. of Jyväskylä, Agora (room Alfa)
Learn, share & network around register-based research.

Free participation – register by 11 Nov!
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FIRE Education and training -workshop November 21 - FIRE
FIRE Education and Training -task force will organise a workshop21.11.2025 12:00–15:45University of JyväskyläAgora-building, room Alfa
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November 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We are inviting applications for 1-2 three-year post-doc researcher positions to strengthen our Industrial and Economic Policy research area. Please apply soon! valtiolle.fi/en/jobs/post...
Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research - VATT Institute for Economic Research
Open job: Post-doctoral researcher - Innovation and related labour and education research, VATT Institute for Economic Research - Find all jobs in Valtiolle.fi
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September 25, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The STEM choice gap is stable across contexts with vastly different levels of income, human development, and gender parity.
September 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
New study shows: a randomized experiment increased participants’ average income by 9 %–11 % and thus psychotropic drug use decreased by 8 %–11 %, with suggestive evidence of fewer outpatient visits due to mental health issues. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.jp...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Last week, we were one of the organizer for Workshop in Labor Economics. The conversation was lively and critical, and it showed how important these kinds of forums are. Thank you everyone for participating! Read more about the event: verotutkimus.fi/en/wei2025/

@verotutkimus.fi
» Leading economists convened in Helsinki for WEI 2025: Wages, Employment and Inequality
<p>Almost 70 economists from across Europe gathered in Helsinki on 21–22 August 2025 for the third Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality (WEI 2025). The two-day event featured ...
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August 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Wages, Employment & Inequality workshop had a great start with Stephen Machin as the first keynote speaker!🤩

Organisers: @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social & @oskarnskans.bsky.social🫡

Funders: FIT/Research Council of Finland, @vatt-research.bsky.social, YJS Foundation, Handelsbankens Forskningsstiftelser🙏
August 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Happy to share that our paper on firm responses to tax audits is now available on @itaxjournal.bsky.social:

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Please find a brief recap on our main findings below

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July 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎓 VATT Seminar on Thu 19 June, 10:30–11:30 at Economicum (Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki)

Cecilia Blomster (Hanken) presents: Graduating in a Recession, Education and Family Formation

Hosted by Stefano Lombardi

Welcome!
June 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Welcome to Alejandro Zentner’s seminar presentation!
‘Frictions in Recovering Unclaimed Property: Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Field Experiment’ reveals how simple steps boosted claims by 400%.
When: 5 June at 10:30
Where: Economicum (Arkadiankatu 7, Helsinki)
June 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
VATT seminar Thu May 22: Cloé Garnache (@oslomet.bsky.social) discusses their research

Are Asset Prices Sticky? (with Martin Schmalz and Dag Einar Sommervoll)

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Cloé's research:
sites.google.com/view/cloegar...
cloegarnache.com - Research
Research
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May 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
VATT seminar Thu May 15: Sofia Hernnäs (Stockholm School of Economics) discusses their research

Fiber Internet and Labor Demand (with Bengt Söderlund)

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Sofia's research:
sites.google.com/view/sofiahe...
Sofia Hernnäs - Research
Publications "Individual Consequences of Occupational Decline" with Per-Anders Edin, Tiernan Evans, Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels. Economic Journal, August 2023. Working papers "Mortality, Morbidity,...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
VATT seminar Thu May 8: Jens Wikström from University of Gothenburg discusses their research:

Should eldercare be subsidized? Theory and evidence from Sweden (joint with Patrizia Massner)

🕥10.30–11.30 (at Economicum, free entry)

More of Jens's research: sites.google.com/view/jenswik...
Jens Wikström - Research
Working Papers "Liquidity Effect in Non-Linear Health Insurance: Evidence from Sweden" (New draft coming soon ) Abstract This paper estimates liquidity effects in health care consumption. I use detai...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
VATT seminar Thu April 24: Torsten Santavirta (@helsinki.fi) discusses their research

Soviet Industrialization and American Skilled Labor: Transfer of Technologies and Productivity

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Torsten's research:
tsantavirta.com/research/
Research - Torsten Santavirta
Work in progress Name-based Estimators of Intergenerational Mobility (with Jan Stuhler), Forthcoming, Economic Journal.  Effects of Disruptive Peers in Endogenous Social Networks (with Miguel Sarzosa)...
tsantavirta.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
VATT seminar Thu April 10: Matti Sarvimäki (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Migration Restrictions, Selection and Labor Market Returns: Estonian Emigrants, 1989–2021

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Matti’s research:
research.aalto.fi/en/persons/m...
Matti Sarvimäki
https://research.aalto.fi/en/persons/matti-sarvimäki
April 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
VATT seminar Thu April 3: @mariasauval.bsky.social (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

The Long-Term Effects of Pre-Kindergarten on Teen Births

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Maria's research:
sites.google.com/view/mariasa...
Maria Sauval - Research
Publications
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April 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
VATT seminar Thu March 27: Markku Siikanen (@vatt-research.bsky.social) discusses their research

Free Entry and Social Inefficiency in Regulated Pharmacy Markets

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Markku's research:
vatt.fi/siikanen-mar...
Markku Siikanen - Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus - YJA
Tutkija Markku Siikanen, YTM. Tutkimusaiheet: toimialan taloustiede, terveystaloustiede, julkiset hankinnat, kilpailu
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March 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
VATT seminar Thu March 20: @albertduodu.bsky.social (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Economy and the Environment - Firm-level responses to energy price shocks

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Albert's research:
albertduodu.github.io/publications/
Research
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March 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
VATT seminar Thu March 13: Erik Grönqvist (Uppsala University) discusses their research

Sick of becoming a parent: The child penalty on mental ill-health

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Erik’s research:
sites.google.com/view/erikgro...
Erik Grönqvist
Professor of Health Economics, Deparment of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University https://www.uu.se/en/department/medical-sciences/research/research-groups/health-economics Director of the Centre for H...
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March 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
VATT seminar TODAY: Maarit Olkkola (@vatt-research.bsky.social) discusses their research

The intergenerational effects of forced migration on human capital and personality traits

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Maarit’s research: sites.google.com/view/maarito...
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I am an Economist working in the fields of Labor and Health Economics, as well as Economic History. My main research interest is the effect of public policy on the formation of skills and preferences,...
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March 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
VATT seminar Thu February 27: Ragnhild Schreiner (University of Oslo) discusses their research

Taxing Labor: Firm R&D, Automation and the Labor Share

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Ragnhild’s research:
sites.google.com/site/ragnhil...
Ragnhild Camilla Schreiner - RESEARCH
WORKING PAPERS Firm-Level Technological Change and Skill Demand, with Attila Linder, Balázs Muraközy and Balázs Reizer. Revision requested by the American Economic Review [CEPR Working Paper 17421] ...
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February 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📢 Call for Papers: Workshop in Labor Economics: Wages, Employment and Inequality, Helsinki on 21 – 22 Aug

DL 30.3.

Keynotes:
Magne Mogstad (University of Chicago)
Stephen Machin (LSE)

Organizers: @tuomaskosonen.bsky.social @oskarnskans.bsky.social

More info 👇
February 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
VATT seminar Thu February 13: Moritz Mendel (@aalto.fi) discusses their research

Nonstandard Education Careers and Inequality

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Moritz’s research:
sites.google.com/view/moritzm...
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Moritz Mendel
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February 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
VATT seminar Thu January 30: Terhi Ravaska (Tampere University & @VATT_research) discusses their research

Wage garnishment and negative bunching

🕥10.30–11.30 (Economicum)

More of Terhi's research:
sites.google.com/view/terhira...
Terhi Ravaska - Research
Publications in peer-reviewed articles Examining inequalities: from labour markets to social outcomes in Finland (coauthors: Tuuli Paukkeri, Marja Riihelä), Fiscal Studies, 45:225–241, 2024 Effects...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM